QUASAR-GALAXY CLUSTERING THROUGH PROJECTED GALAXY COUNTS AT z = 0.6-1.2

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 773; no. 2; pp. 1 - 13
• Main Authors: Zhang, Shaohua, Wang, Tinggui, Wang, Huiyuan, Zhou, Hongyan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 20.08.2013
• Subjects: Amplitudes; ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; BLACK HOLES; Clustering; COLOR; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; Counting; DENSITY; GALAXIES; GALAXY CLUSTERS; LUMINOSITY; Photometry; QUASARS; RED SHIFT; SIGNALS; SKY

We investigate the spatial clustering of galaxies around quasars at z = 0.6-1.2 using photometric data from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82. The quasar and galaxy cross-correlation functions are measured through the projected galaxy number density n(r sub(p)) on scales of 0.05 < r sub(p) <...